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- MHRD warned 40-50% of B.Ed colleges of losing affiliation in the coming months.
- A national test like Common Admission Test or SAT to be conducted for evaluation of teachers.
- A biometric attendance system to be set to check teacher's attendance.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) warned around 40 to 50 percent of B.Ed colleges that have not been providing quality education of losing recognition/ affiliation in the coming months.
Anil Swarup, the secretary of Ministry’s Department of School Education and Literacy revealed that around 40 per cent of B.Ed colleges have not submitted their affidavits on their functioning as instructed by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
Swarup said that the NCTE will take care of all sorts of B.Ed colleges which are opened just for name sake. It is determined to deal with those who are somehow or anyhow getting into the profession of teaching.
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He further said that there is no need to be surprised if 40 to 50 percent of B.Ed colleges lose their affiliation in the coming three to four months since 40 percent of the colleges have not furnished their affidavits which will lead to criminal prosecution. This includes details such as number of teachers in college, classes taken by each etc. This indicates there is some problem and a large number of so-called B.Ed colleges are not doing the work that they are meant to do. He expressed that strict action will be taken against the people playing with education in the country.
The announcement was made when Swarup was giving a speech at a seminar hosted by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Informing about the various steps taken to ramp up the school education sector, Swarup said that a national assessment survey will be held on the basis of learning outcomes proposed by the Centre. He added that a national test like Common Admission Test or SAT will be conducted for evaluation of teachers. A merit list will be released accordingly and the states will be able to decide if they are interested in employing these teachers or not. Also, they will not be forced to go along with this examination and will have the choice to conduct their own examination.
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He revealed that a biometric, portable attendance system will be set in Chhattisgarh from the month of August for keeping a check on the absence of teachers from duty. He added that around 25 percent of teachers do not attend schools in some states. Schools in the state will have GPS-linked biometric-enabled tablets. It will also store all data created at the school level.
